Photo: Derek Montgomery for The New York Times Today the New York Times published a story by reporter Phyllis Korkki about older adults who are choosing to open their homes to children instead of "retiring." A Minnesota family, Rebecca and Jim Gawboy, are featured. Rebecca is a retired community organizer and Jim is a retired [...]
This guest blog post was written by May Borgen. The article was written by Amanda L. Baden, Lisa M. Treweeke and Muninder K. Ahluwalia in October 2012 for the Journal of Counseling & Development. The title of the article is Reclaiming Culture: Reculturation of Transracial Adoptees. The authors coin the phrase "reculturation" because they do [...]
This guest blog post was written by Emma Siebold. The article, Split the Baby: Two Sides of an Adoption Battle, was published in the Minnesota City Pages newspaper on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 and written by Olivia LeVecchia. It discusses the court battle between the Grossners and Dunnings, two families fighting for custody of two [...]
This guest post was written by Bahjo Mahamud. Rachel Zoll wrote the article Muslim Orphans Caught Between Islamic, Western Law, for the Associated Press. It was published in November of 2010. The article covers adoption from the Islamic perspective and the guidelines and procedures that are associated with adopting Muslim children in the Western world. [...]
This guest post was written by Molly Lewis. The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI) posted an article to their website titled "How the Adoption Incentives Program Can Incentivize Adoptions." This article discusses a federal program called the Adoption Incentives Program, which began in 1997 under the Adoption and Safe Families Act. The author of [...]
This guest blog post was written by Nina Pena. This article voices and shares the strong desire to adopt a child and obtain a family. It gives details of the website, craigslist.org, and how it is allowing the solicitation of children. This is especially for parents who are trying to adopt. It explains that craigslist [...]
This guest post was written by Katie Johnson. In the March/April 2013 issue of the Adoptive Families magazine Gregory Keck and Regina Kupecky wrote the article "7 Ways to Give Your Child a History." This article discusses the need of older adopted children to understand their story of placement and what it means when they [...]
This is the second part in a three-part series I will be writing on Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, or "The Baby Veronica Case." Part 1 presented the actual case that was heard before the Supreme Court as well as the responses of the Supreme Court Justices. Part 2 reviews the history leading up to [...]